An Old Spy Story by Terry Morgan - HTML preview

About the author:

Terry Morgan lives in Petchabun, Thailand. Having travelled extensively with his own export business his novels cover international politics, commercial crime, corruption, fraud, science, environmental issues and occasional satire.

Website: www.tjmbooks.com

Other books by Terry Morgan

Whistleblower

Vast amounts of international aid money are being stolen by those at the heart of the political establishment. Ex politician, Jim Smith, threatened and harassed into fleeing abroad for accusations of fraud secretly returns to renew his campaign. A realistic thriller covering events in the USA, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia and a sensitive study of a stubborn and talented man who steadfastly refuses to fit into the stereotype of a successful businessman and a modern politician.

"Highly convincing.......This could all be happening right now. Another realistic and highly entertaining story...."

“This book has the sort of political intrigue that captivates viewers of shows like "House of Cards," but the main man is actually a decent person in "Whistle blower." As someone who prefers protagonists on the correct moral side of the spectrum, it made the book that much more enjoyable. (AMAZON)

"Whistleblower", by Terry Morgan, is an international thriller that stretches from England to Thailand with many stops in between.

“The plot centers around the timely topic of international aid money and the criminals who feed on it. The hero, the story's whistleblower, is British ex-politician Jim Smith, and the story follows him around the globe as he seeks to put a stop to the corruption.

“Morgan, a world traveller who now resides in Thailand, knows his locations well. Cities in Italy and Africa come alive, and Jim Smith's home in off-the-beaten-path Thailand is wonderfully described, allowing readers to feel like they're there--this is no easy thing to do, and the authenticity of the various settings is a real strength of the book.

“Another strength includes the protagonist. Smith is not a typical hero. He's older and lacks the suaveness and action-hero credentials of a James Bond or Jason Bourne, but he more than makes up for it with his intelligence and depth--a big pleasure in the book is being invited into this man's life as he tries to pick up the pieces after an underhanded campaign aimed at ruining him.

“The plot moves along briskly, and the technology, players (politicians, intelligence agencies, criminals), and small details about the finance industry all add up to a novel that’s rich in credibility and intrigue. Anyone interested in seeing the world from the comfort of a good armchair should read Morgan's book." (AMAZON)

An Honourable Fake

At age fourteen Femi Akindele, an orphaned street-boy from the Makoko slum in Lagos decided to call himself Pastor Gabriel Joshua. Unqualified and self-taught and now in his mid-forties Gabriel has become a popular and highly acclaimed international speaker on African affairs, economics, terrorism, corruption, fraud and the widespread poverty and economic migration that results. 

An Honourable Fake is a mix of African & international politics, terrorism and corruption with a big cast of characters - US politicians, corrupt businessmen, fake pastors, Lagos gangs, terrorists, the head of the Nigerian State Security Service, a young girl, Halima, from northern Nigeria who escapes abduction and Mark Dobson from London-based international criminal investigators, Asher & Asher.

The settings move between crowded Lagos, Abuja and Kano and the hot and dusty borders with Chad and Niger to Washington, Los Angeles, London and Cairo.

“A rare sort of political thriller – a black African hero.”

“Accomplished and knowledgeable – a class follow up to Whistleblower.”

Vendetta

Eccentric, untidy Oxford University Professor of Biology “Eddie” Higgins has become the ‘scientific adviser’ to a local cosmetics company run by its new and vivacious chief executive, Isobel Johnson. It doesn’t begin well. “Yours is an industry dogged by exaggerated claims, impossible claims and false claims,” he tells her. With locations moving between the UK, Thailand and Malaysia this third book in the Asher & Asher series exposes the role of Russian and Chinese gangs exploiting cosmetics and energy drinks companies in counterfeiting, money-laundering and drug smuggling.

The Malthus Pandemic

The first book in the Asher & Asher series of international criminal investigations. A virologist with extreme views on the need for human population control has engineered a virus, Malthus A, with no known cure or vaccine but now needs help to spread it worldwide. With tests and sporadic outbreaks of the disease already in Thailand, Nigeria and Kenya, a criminal pharmaceutical company ready to sell ineffective treatments and the WHO and sceptical Western governments reluctant to act can Asher & Asher stop it being released? 

Prisoners of Conscience & Circumstance

Set around the year 2050 when overpopulation is causing food and energy shortages, mass unemployment, social tension and civil conflict. An ex-politician and professor of biology talks to a grandson no longer able to cope with life in an overcrowded city. A follow-up to the author's previous thriller, 'The Malthus Pandemic', this hard-hitting, illustrated novel contains facts and forecasts supported by original papers.

"Not for the faint hearted."  

Short Stories:

The Red Lantern is a selection of six short stories about international crime, corruption and terrorism taken from five of the author’s full-length novels – An Old Spy Story, Whistleblower, Vendetta, An Honourable Fake and a currently unpublished novel, Park Road.

God’s Factory & Four Men

Terry Morgan writes mainly serious novels with a strong international background but intersperses it with less serious satire and humour like ‘God’s Factory’ and ‘Four Men’,